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OCTOBER, 1904.)
TATTOOING IN CENTRAL INDIA.
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On the left side of the nose spots -
(1) On the chin a spot -
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2. Tattooing among Labhānās in Mälavā.
(Collected by Mr. D. F. Vakil of Ratlām.) Among Labhānas males and females are both tattooed. Among Banjärās tattooing is confined to the female sex only. In the case of Labhănā males, it is confined to the part between the elbow and the wrist, hands, chest, thighs and feet. The marks are found more commonly on the face and the hands. Tattooing is generally commenced before marriage between the eighth and fifteenth year of age.
Men tattoo on their hands a dagger
Women tattoo on the back of their hands
Between the wrist and elbow a Svāstika –
On the cheeks a circle -
On the chin a dot -
Between the two eye-brows -
Round the neck -
